Crap Towns / St Ives / Swimming pools
Where can you go swimming in St Ives?
St Ives has 4 public swimming pools open (October 2026): 7.4 per 10,000 people, 10.6 times the typical English town's 0.7. None has closed for good since 2010.
| Town | Distance | Public pools per 10,000 people |
|---|---|---|
| St Ives | – | 7.4 |
| Pool and Illogan | 16.1 km | 2.3 |
| Truro | 31.4 km | 2.2 |
| Penzance | 10.7 km | 2.0 |
| Newquay | 37.8 km | 1.6 |
| Redruth | 18.8 km | 1.3 |
| Falmouth | 29.5 km | 1.2 |
| Helston | 19.5 km | 0.9 |
| Camborne | 13.5 km | 0.0 |
| Hayle | 5.7 km | 0.0 |
| Penryn | 26.9 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.7 |